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Frederick Franck was a renowned author, born on April 12, 1909, and passed away on June 5, 2006. His works spanned across philosophy, psychology, and art, and were highly appreciated by readers.

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Famous Frederick Franck Quotes

“Everyone thinks he knows what a lettuce looks like. But start to draw one and you realise the anomaly of having lived with lettuces all your life but never having seen one, never having seen the semi-translucent leaves curling in their own lettuce way, never having noticed what makes a lettuce a lettuce rather than a curly kale.”

Thinking Knows Way Looks Draws Realising Anomalies Lettuce Kale

Author:Frederick Franck

“They do not see what they look at, hence they know not what they do.”

Knows Looks

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“We do a lot of looking: we look through lenses, telescopes, television tubes... Our looking is perfected every day, but we see less and less.”

Looks Vision Seeing Television Awe Lenses Tubes Telescopes

Author:Frederick Franck

“For you can look at things while talking or with a radio going full blast, but you can see only when the chatter stops.”

Looks Talking Wise Radio Blast Chatter

Book:Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in Action

Source: Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in Action

About the Author

Born: April 12, 1909
Died: June 5, 2006
Known for: Author
Quotes: 48

Books & Sources

Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in ActionRelated source material

A Little Compendium on That Which MattersRelated source material

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